Plaything

ABSTRACT

The specification discloses a plaything which comprises a pair of open-ended receptacles with the blind ends thereof connected together so as to provide a passageway which communicates the interiors of the two receptacles, a pair of members which will fit into said receptacles, and an element connecting said members together and extending through said passageway, said connecting element being longer than the passageway so that only one of the members at a time can be fully contained in its associated receptacle.

United States Patent 1 Rylands 1 Jan. 16, 1973 54 PLAYTHING 1,924,957 8/1933 Orr ..46/174 [75 Inventor. Patrick Rylands, London, England Primary Examiner Louis G. Mancene [73] Assignee: Rosedale Industries Limited, Lon- Assistant L weinhold England Attorney-Peter H. Smolka [22] Filed: Jan. 26, 1972 [57] ABSTRACT [21] Appl. No.: 220,821

The specification discloses a plaything which comprises a pair of open-ended receptacles with the blind [30] Fm'elgn Apphcanml Pnonty Data ends thereof connected together so as to provide a Feb. 1, 1971 Great Britain .L ..3629/7l passageway which communicates the interiors of the two receptacles, a pair of members which will fit into [52] US. Cl. ..46/1 R, 46/174, 46/191, said receptacles, and an element connecting said 46/193 members together and extending through said [51] Int. Cl. ..A63h 33/00 passageway, said connecting element being longer Field of Search 1 than the passageway so that only one of the members at a time can be fully contained in its associated receptacle. [56] References Cited 4 Claims, 3 Drawing Figures UNITED STATES PATENTS 1 465,066 12/1891 Morphy; ..I....L...L...'.'..'.L...46/19l PLAYTHING BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION This invention relates to playthings and has for its object the provision of a plaything which is especially attractive to a baby or young child.

According to this invention there is provided a plaything which comprises a pair of open-ended receptacles with the blind ends thereof connected together so as to provide a passageway which communicates the interiors of the two receptacles, a pair of members which will fit into said receptacles, and an element connecting said members together and extending through said passageway, said connecting element being longer than the passageway so that only one of the members at a time can be fully contained in its associated receptacle.

A plaything in accordance with one embodiment of this invention will now be described in some detail, with reference to the accompanying drawings.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a general perspective view of the plaything, FIG. 2 is a section on the line 11-11 in FIG. 1, and FIG. 3 is a section on the line III-III in FIG. 1.

DESCRIPTION OF SHOWN EMBODIMENTS The plaything shown in the drawings consists of two receptacles l and 2 which may conveniently be likened to stemmed egg cups with the base of each stem broken off. The free ends of the two stem portions are joined together at 3 and provide in them a passageway 4 which communicates the interiors of the two cups. Thus the two cups with their joined stems form together a member of dumb-bell shape.

Extending freely through the passageway is a rod 5, the latter being slightly longer than the former, and connected to the opposite ends of this rod are two sub stantially semi-spherical members 6 which will fit easily into the cups. However, as the rod 5 is longer than the passageway 4, when one member *6 is contained fullyin its associated cup, then the other member 6 projects from the cup associated therewith. By shaking the plaything as a whole, or turning it upside down, the

positions of the two members 6 in relation to their respective receptacles 1 and 2 can. be reversed.

Iclaim:

l. A plaything which comprises a pair of open-ended receptacles with the blind ends thereof connected together so as to provide a passageway which communicates the interiors. of the two receptacles, a pair of members which will fit into said receptacles, and an element connecting said members together and extending through said passageway, said connecting element being longer than the passageway so that only one of the members at a time can be fully contained in its associated receptacle.

2. A plaything as claimed in claim 1 wherein the receptacles are like stemmed egg cups with the base of each stem broken off and the free ends of the two stem portions joined together to provide in them the said passa eway.

3. l plaything as claimed in claim 2 wherein the connecting element comprises a rod which is longer than the passageway and to the opposite ends of which the two members are connected.

4. A plaything as claimed in claim 3 wherein said members are of part-spherical shape. 

1. A plaything which comprises a pair of open-ended receptacles with the blind ends thereof connected together so as to provide a passageway which communicates the interiors of the two receptacles, a pair of members which will fit into said receptacles, and an element connecting said members together and extending through said passageway, said connecting element being longer than the passageway so that only one of the members at a time can be fully contained in its associated receptacle.
 2. A plaything as claimed in claim 1 wherein the receptacles are like stemmed egg cups with the base of each stem broken off and the free ends of the two stem portions joined together to provide in them the said passageway.
 3. A plaything as claimed in claim 2 wherein the connecting element comprises a rod which is longer than the passageway and to the opposite ends of wHich the two members are connected.
 4. A plaything as claimed in claim 3 wherein said members are of part-spherical shape. 